Jet Airways and Air Sahara might fly to Gulf starting next year

Jet Airways and Air Sahara might fly to Gulf starting next year

Jet Airways and Air Sahara are the two domestic airline companies which might get the government approval to start operating flights to Gulf countries by next year.

The Indian government had earlier imposed a three-year ban on private airlines flying to the lucrative Gulf sector. The aim was to give the state owned companies Air-India and Indian Airlines recover the losses from their public support services.

The three year ban would end in December this year and after that Jet and Sahara could launch their flights to the lucrative Gulf regions.

Government has already given permissions to private airlines with more than five years of domestic operations to start overseas flights in 2005. The opening of this new sector would give Jet and Sahara a brand new market for new business.